Emmanuel gives $6,000 to Orcas charities from July’s Market Day

Emmanuel gives $6,000 to Orcas charities from July’s Market Day

October 17, 2019 1:30 am
Contributed photo Orcas Community Resource Center staff and board members accept a check from Emmanuel’s Market Day. Left to right: Resource Center board members Judy Scott, Steve Jung, Carolyn Morrow Fiscus and Hugh Grant, Executive Director Erin O’Dell; and Emmanuel co-Treasurer Margie Bangs. (Bangs is also an OCRC board member.)
Contributed photo Orcas Community Resource Center staff and board members accept a check from Emmanuel’s Market Day. Left to right: Resource Center board members Judy Scott, Steve Jung, Carolyn Morrow Fiscus and Hugh Grant, Executive Director Erin O’Dell; and Emmanuel co-Treasurer Margie Bangs. (Bangs is also an OCRC board member.)

Emmanuel Episcopal Parish has donated $6,000 in proceeds from its 2019 Market Day sale to Orcas Island charities.

“Market Day is an island tradition that gives to everyone,” said Emmanuel’s Rector, Berto Gándara-Perea. “Donors find use for their clutter, buyers get great stuff at low prices, and the money helps our community in many ways.”

2019 Market Day proceeds went to:

Dinner Kitchen

Kaleidoscope Preschool and Child Care Center

Orcas Aviation Association Mercy Flight Program

Orcas Community Resource Center

Orcas Island Food Bank

Orcas Island Park and Recreation District

SAFE San Juans

Leftover items were distributed, too, including:

Camp Orkila: 25 skeins of crafting paracord.

Friends of the Library: 12 boxes of books and CDs for the August Library Fair.

Orcas Senior Center: Paintings by Anne Pedersen and others for the center’s art auction.

Market Day, held the last Saturday of July, is a donated-goods sale organized by Emmanuel’s women’s group, the St. Agnes Guild. The St. Agnes Guild will hold a similar Holiday Fair in Emmanuel’s Parish Hall on Saturday, Nov. 9.